Disaster management and the military

The increasing range and occurrence of disasters has generated global concern. At the same time, the end of the Cold War has resulted in a re-orientation of military thinking. As the role of the military is being redefined, one focus has been upon the potential contribution of disaster relief. In this paper, the complexity of disasters is examined and then the military capability is discussed and illustrated.     

内蒙古赤峰南窝铺铀矿床英安岩的SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及地质意义

南窝铺铀矿床位于西拉木伦缝合带以南、康宝—围场—赤峰断裂带（华北北缘断裂带的一部分）以北的白乃庙加里东期岛弧带和华北古板块北缘海西期俯冲—碰撞带,属沽源—红山子铀成矿带北东段红山子—广兴铀成矿亚带的一个铀矿床,铀矿体赋存在额里图组安山岩—英安岩—流纹岩组合中。该组合中的英安岩SHRIMP锆石n(206Pb)/n(238U)加权平均年龄为268.1±2.5 Ma（N=15,MSWD=0. 85）,结合安山质角砾凝灰岩的锆石U-Pb年龄为277.1±0.9 Ma,指示额里图组安山岩—英安岩—流纹岩的地质时代属早二叠世（乌拉尔世）—中二叠世（瓜德鲁普世）早期;英安岩SiO2=65. 49%~68.23%,K2O=1.83%~2.56%,Na2O=4.13%~5.01%,(K2O+Na2O)=5.96%~7.47%,K2O/Na2O=0.43~0.59,(FeO+Fe2O3)=3.13%~4.63%,MgO=1.25%~1.79%,在TAS图解上落入亚碱性系列英安岩区,在FAM图解上落入钙碱性系列范围,在SiO2—K2O图解上落入中钾钙碱性系列范围,在Na2O—K2O图解上落入I型花岗岩区;Al2O3=15. 74%~16. 77%,CaO=2. 87%~3. 59%,A/CNK=0. 95~1. 12（平均为1.04,<1.1）,标准矿物刚玉（C）的含量为0~1.74%,平均为0.96%,指示源岩为I型岩浆岩;英安岩稀土元素总量低,富集轻稀土,Eu无明显负异常,ΣREE=76.5×10-6~95.4×10-6,(La/Yb)N=4.97~12.5（平均8.95）,δEu=0.80~1.13（平均0.94）,稀土配分模式为右倾型,与安第斯型钙碱性系列火山岩基本一致。英安岩明显富集大离子亲石元素Rb、Th、U、K、Sr等和亏损高场强元素Nb、Ta、P、Ti等,微量元素蛛网图与安第斯型钙碱性系列火山岩的形式一致,在Ce—SiO2、Al2O3—Ga图解上均落入I型花岗岩区,在Ta—Yb、Nb—Y构造环境判别图解上落入火山弧花岗岩区域（VAG）及同碰撞花岗岩（syn- COLG）交界处,在Rb—(Y+Nb)、Rb—(Yb+Ta)构造环境判别图解上落入火山弧花岗岩区域（VAG）,指示英安岩形成于俯冲作用下的岛弧环境。南窝铺铀矿床英安岩地质时代、岩石系列和形成构造环境的确定,不仅证实了早二叠世—中二叠世早期额里图组是红山子—广兴铀成矿亚带一个新的赋矿层位,而且揭示了岛弧型安山岩—英安岩—流纹岩组合也赋存有与火山岩有关的热液型铀矿,为深入开展热液型铀矿成矿理论的研究和进一步扩大铀矿勘查范围提供了新的基础资料。     

珊瑚混凝土在海洋环境中氯离子扩散实验

采用自然扩散法研究了珊瑚混凝土在海水环境中的氯离子扩散特性,探讨了养护龄期、暴露时间和环境差异性对珊瑚混凝土表观氯离子扩散系数的影响。结果表明:随着暴露时间的延长,珊瑚混凝土的表观氯离子扩散系数呈幂指数衰减规律;且延长养护龄期可降低珊瑚混凝土的表观氯离子扩散系数;随着强度等级增加,混凝土的表观氯离子扩散系数降低。我国实际海洋工程中珊瑚混凝土结构的表观氯离子扩散系数比实验室条件要提高3个数量级。因此,适当延长养护时间、提高强度等级有助于延长珊瑚混凝土结构在海洋环境的服役寿命。     

西藏高原积雪覆盖空间分布及地形影响

利用2000-2014年MOD10A2积雪产品和数字高程模型DEM数据,以积雪覆盖率为指标,在分析西藏高原积雪空间分布特点的基础上,定量研究了高程、坡度和坡向等地形要素对高原积雪时空分布的影响。主要结论有：① 西藏高原积雪的空间分布差异显著,具有中东部念青唐古拉山和周边高山积雪丰富,覆盖率高,而南部河谷和羌塘高原中西部积雪少,覆盖率低的特点。② 海拔越高积雪覆盖率越高,积雪持续时间越长,年内变化越稳定。海拔2 km以下积雪覆盖率不足4%,海拔6 km以上覆盖率达75%。海拔4 km以下年内积雪覆盖呈单峰型分布特点,海拔越高,单峰型越明显;而海拔4 km以上则为双峰型,海拔越高,双峰型越明显。海拔6 km以下积雪覆盖率最低值出现在夏季,而6 km以上则出现在冬季。③ 总体上,高原地形坡度越高积雪覆盖率越高。不同坡向中,北坡积雪覆盖率最高,南坡最低,年内分布呈双峰型,而无坡向的平地积雪覆盖率要小于有坡向的山地,其年内变化呈单峰型分布特点。     

Runoff and road erosion at the plot and road segment scales,St John,US Virgin Islands

Previous studies have identified unpaved roads as the primary source of erosion on St John in the US Virgin Islands, but these studies estimated road erosion rates only as annual averages based primarily on road rill measurements. The goal of this project was to quantify the effect of unpaved roads on runoff and sediment production on St John, and to better understand the key controlling factors. To this end runoff and sediment yields were measured from July 1996 to March 1997 from three plots on naturally vegetated hillslopes, four plots on unpaved road surfaces and two cutslope plots. Sediment yields were also measured from seven road segments with contributing areas ranging from 90 to 700 m². With respect to the vegetated plots, only the two largest storm events generated runoff and there was no measurable sediment yield. Runoff from the road surface plots generally occurred when storm precipitation exceeded 6 mm. Sediment yields from the four road surface plots ranged from 0·9 to 15 kg m⁻² a⁻¹, and sediment concentrations were typically 20–80 kg m⁻³. Differences in runoff between the two cutslope plots were consistent with the difference in upslope contributing area. A sprinkler experiment confirmed that cross‐slope roads intercept shallow subsurface stormflow and convert this into surface runoff. At the road segment scale the estimated sediment yields were 0·1 to 7·4 kg m⁻² a⁻¹. Road surface runoff was best predicted by storm precipitation, while sediment yields for at least three of the four road surface plots were significantly correlated with storm rainfall, storm intensity and storm runoff. Sediment yields at the road segment scale were best predicted by road surface area, and sediment yields per unit area were most strongly correlated with road segment slope. The one road segment subjected to heavy traffic and more frequent regrading produced more than twice as much sediment per unit area than comparable segments with no truck traffic. Particle‐size analyses indicate a preferential erosion of fine particles from the road surface and a rapid surface coarsening of new roads. Published in 2001 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Correlation of CYP1A1 induction, as measured by the P450 RGS biomarker assay, with high molecular weight PAHs in mussels deployed at various sites in San Diego Bay in 1993 and 1995

In 1993 collections of marine mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) were deployed 1 m from the water surface at six sites in San Diego Bay for 88 days. A similar mussel deployment was conducted in 1995, except the animals were deployed 1 m off the bottom and only for 32 days. After recovery from the sites, tissue was extracted with dichloromethane and the solvent extracts analyzed for chemical contaminant content and the ability to produce CYP1A1 induction in a transgenic cell line (TV101L cells). The cells used in the assay (P450 RGS) are stably transfected with a plasmid containing firefly luciferase linked to human CYP1A1 promoter sequences. Induction (fold increase compared to control) was determined by luminometry 16 h after application of small volumes (2–10 μl) of solvent extracts to cultured cells. Small mussels deployed in the Naval Station (NAV) in 1993 exhibited very high bioaccumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs; 52 μg/g) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), in addition to very strong induction of CYP1A1 measured by reporter gene system (RGS) responses. Large mussels deployed at the NAV station in 1993 and intermediate-sized animals placed at three stations within the NAV station in 1995 accumulated 13–29 μg PAH/g and exhibited relatively high RGS responses. Correlation of RGS responses for all mussel samples to the measured PAH concentrations was 0.85 (r²). When the concentrations of seven specific PAHs found in the samples are converted to benzo[a]pyrene equivalents, from previously derived toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) for this test system, and compared to measured RGS responses, the correlations are approximately 0.9. The results of these studies indicate that the RGS biomarker can be used as a screening tool for detection of CYP1A1-inducing compounds in tissues, and an estimate of potential human health or ecological risk from ingestion of contaminated organisms. Positive RGS responses can be followed by detailed chemical analyses of PAHs and coplanar PCBs using the same extract.     

Bulk density calibration for X-ray tomographic analyses of marine sediments

A calibration procedure is presented for generating bulk density profiles of intact marine sediment cores using X-ray computed tomography (CT). Developed using both artificial and natural marine sediment samples, the correlation is strong with an R ² value of 0.98. Similar experiments with carbonate sediments were also strongly linear, but offset from the terrigenous curve, illustrating the influence of sediment chemistry on scanner response. Comparison between newly computed densities for both sediment types with those from individually calibrated cores during our previous CT studies reveals good correspondence between the data sets. Received: 22 November 1998 / Revision received: 4 March 1999